Machine for winding wire upon spools



(No Model.)

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MACHINE FOR WINDING WIRE UPON SPOOLS, m.

Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

F H I f!! .1 4R I I, 47/ A 1i 3 I? 7/ f a b a: I 7 It! f I y I WITNESSES: 1?} fid/Aw/ENTORL QfO QQJMJ ATTORNEYS UNITED TATES CHESTER F. \VIOIUVIRE AND ATENT rricE,

MACHINE FOR WINDING \NIRE UPON SPOOLS, 84,6.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,255, dated December 25, 1888. Application filed April 16, 1887, Serial No. 235,002. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

ie it known that we, CHESTER E. WICK- WIRE and THEODORE H. WIcKwiRE, citizens of the United States, residing at Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for 'inding \Yire upon Spools, &c., of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention has more partimllarly refcrence to the winding of line wire onto warping beams, spools, or bobbins preparatory to weaving said wire into cloth.

The invention consists in novel, simple, and effective devices for automatically regulating the tension of the wire runnin from the spindle to the bobbin, and also for automatically stopping the rotation of said spindle in case the wire is broken in its aforesaid transit, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

The annexed drawing represents a side elevation of a portion of a bobbin-windingapparatus embodying our invention.

R represents the reel from which the wire (1 is drawn and wound onto the spool or bobbin A, which latter receives rotary motion by mechanism not necessary to be here shown. The direction of the rotation of the bobbin is indicated by an arrow. The reel R is placed in an upright position and 'journaled at its base in a suitable step f, secured to the bench or frame C, and at its upper end in a bracket, D, secured to a post, P. Between the said spindle and bobbin, and in proximity to the spindle and parallel with the axis thereof, is arranged a yielding tension -arm, (l, of the form of a post, passing through a slot in the bench U, and pivoted at its foot, so as to allow the upper and free end to vibrate toward and from the spindle R. Said free end of the tension-arm is madetobearon the wire an d subject the same to friction by extending said arm through one or more coils encompassing the reel, as shown, the tension-arm a being normally strained from, the reel either by a spring or by a weight arranged to throw or draw the free end of the arm. in. the aforesaid direction.

In practice we have found that we can produce the aforesaid eifect in a simple and very satisfactory maimer by a cord or chain, c, or analogous flexible coupling, attached at one end to the arm a and at the opposite end to the bench C, or other suitable stationary or fix ed support, and a weight, 6, hung on the intermediate portion of said coupling.

The weight may be varied according to the different tensions required for different sized wires. The described tension-arm a is adapted to yield and conform to the strain on the wire during the process of reeling the same, and thus the wire is maintained at a uniform tension and wound evenly 011 the bobbin.

In order to automatically stop the rotation of the reel R in case of breakage of the wire (Z between the spindle and bobbin, we connect to the arm a a brake-lever, l), in the form of an arm projecting laterally from the arm a and reaching with its free end under the bottom plate of the reel R, and provided thereat with a brake shoe or pad, I). In case the wire (I breaks, as aforesaid, the arm a, losing its hold on the wire, is then drawn back by the weight 6, and thus presses the brake-lever Z) against the reel, as indicated by dotted lines in the annexed drawing, and thus stops the motion of said reel. I

It is obvious that our invention may be employed in the operation of winding threads and yarns as well as wire; hence we do not limit ourselves in this respect.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In C(llllbllltlidOll with the spindle R, the vibratory tension-arm u, pz'trallel with the axis of the spindle and in proximity thereto, and adapted to extend through one or more coils of the wire on the spindle, a weight connected with the tension-arm to draw the same from the spindle, and the brake-arm I), attached directly to the tension-arm and having its free end adapted to engage the spindle R, substantially as described and shown.

In testimtm y whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER F. IVIOKIVIRE. THEODORE H. WVIOKWVIRE. itnesses:

H. R. ROUSE, S. E. ROUSE. 

